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Archive-name: medicinal-herbs/part1
Posting-Frequency: monthly (on or about 20th)
Last-modified: 09Sep2007
Version: 1.40
URL: http://www.henriettesherbal.com/faqs/medi-cont.html

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                               Contents
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  * 1 Introduction
       o 1.1 Contributors
       o 1.2 Wishlist

  * 2 Single herbs
       o 2.1 Valeriana
            + 2.1.1 Valium is not derived from Valerian
       o 2.2 Yohimbe
            + 2.2.1 Yohimbe is a MAO inhibitor, yohimbine isn't
       o 2.3 Absinthe FAQ pointer
            + 2.3.1 More on Absinthe
       o 2.4 St. John's Wort (Hypericum)
            + 2.4.1 SJW and photosensitivity
            + 2.4.2 SJW and MAO inhibition
            + 2.4.3 About standardized hypericin content in SJW
       o 2.5 Ginseng
       o 2.6 Stevia Leaf - Too Good To Be Legal?
            + 2.6.1 Changed legal status of Stevia Leaf
       o 2.7 Poison Ivy / Oak / Sumac
            + 2.7.1 How to recognize PI/PS/PO
            + 2.7.2 How to avoid the rash
            + 2.7.3 Why does it give you a rash? / Spreading the oil about
            + 2.7.4 What helps
            + 2.7.5 Jewelweed, Impatiens
            + 2.7.6 How to get rid of poison ivy in your yard
       o 2.8 Echinacea
            + 2.8.1 Using Echinacea
            + 2.8.2 Echinacea - poaching and extinction
       o 2.9 Feverfew and migraine
       o 2.10 Kava kava
       o 2.11 Pau d'arco
       o 2.12 Wild yam and contraception
            + 2.12.1 Edible vs. true yam
            + 2.12.2 Wild yam cream and natural progesterone
       o 2.13 Red raspberry and pregnancy
       o 2.14 Green tea and caffeine
       o 2.15 Comfrey hepatotoxicity
            + 2.15.1 Hepatotoxicity update
       o 2.16 Pennyroyal
       o 2.17 Cat's Claw
       o 2.18 Golden Seal appeal - and Goldthread too
       o 2.19 Ma Huang or Ephedra sinensis
       o 2.20 Skullcap and Teucrium adulteration
       o 2.21 Mellow mallows
       o 2.22 Not an herb, but: Melatonin

  * 3 Herbs for specific things
       o 3.1 Herbs for mosquitoes and other bothersome bugs
            + 3.1.1 Repelling them
            + 3.1.2 And now you're bitten...
       o 3.2 Herbs for migraines
       o 3.3 Herbs for vivid dreams
       o 3.4 Herbs and weight loss
       o 3.5 Herbs to make you sleep
            + 3.5.1 Insomnia therapeutics
       o 3.6 Aphrodisiacs
       o 3.7 Herbal Abortives and Birth Control
            + 3.7.1 Herbal Abortives and Common Sense
       o 3.8 Herbs and female infertility
       o 3.9 Herbs, ADD, and replacing Ritalin
       o 3.10 Herbs for Sunburn
       o 3.11 The gall bladder flush
       o 3.12 Herbs for cough
       o 3.13 Herbs for constipation

  * 4 Processing herbs
       o 4.1 Making essential oil
       o 4.2 Pointer to the How-to of Tinctures
       o 4.3 Herbal oils
       o 4.4 Balms and liniments

  * 5 General Info
       o 5.1 Introduction to side effects, safety and toxicity of
         medicinal herbs
            + 5.1.1 Medicinal plant actions cannot be reduced to the
              effects of their isolated 'active constituents'
            + 5.1.2 Medicinal herbs act 'multi-systemically'
            + 5.1.3 Herbs act on the healing processes in the body
            + 5.1.4 Herbs act multi-dimensionally
            + 5.1.5 Side effects vs. contraindications
            + 5.1.6 Safety and toxicity of herbal medicines
            + 5.1.7 Pregnancy
            + 5.1.8 Understanding toxicity research - politics and
              ideology
            + 5.1.9 Further reading
       o 5.2 Wildcrafting Ethics and similar things
            + 5.2.1 Wildcrafting checklist
            + 5.2.2 How do I find out about endangered plants (in the
              USA)?
            + 5.2.3 What plants shouldn't I pick?
            + 5.2.4 United Plant Savers
       o 5.3 Different schools of Herbal Healing
            + 5.3.1 Traditions in Western Herbal Medicine
            + 5.3.2 Ayurveda - an introduction
            + 5.3.3 Pointers to homeopathy sites etc.
            + 5.3.4 What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
            + 5.3.5 Flower essences
            + 5.3.6 Aromatherapy intro
       o 5.4 The Ames Test
       o 5.5 Trying out the placebo effect
       o 5.6 How to find an herbalist / ND
       o 5.7 Politics and herbal medicine

  * 6 Information Sources
       o 6.1 Good books on herbal medicine - updated 18Jan05
            + 6.1.1 Good books to get started with
            + 6.1.2 Specialty books: women's herbals, men's herbals etc.
                 + 6.1.2.1 Going for broke (and I wish you luck)
            + 6.1.3 In-depth books, by organ system
            + 6.1.4 Chinese herbs, or TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
       o 6.2 Good books for further studies
       o 6.3 Good periodicals
            + 6.3.1 For enthusiasts (emphasis on color pictures)
            + 6.3.2 For professional herbalists (emphasis on case studies)
            + 6.3.3 For universities (emphasis on scientific studies)
       o 6.4 Online commercial databases
            + 6.4.1 Napralert
            + 6.4.2 Medline
            + 6.4.3 Ingenta
            + 6.4.4 IBIDS
       o 6.5 Herb programs
            + 6.5.3 Demo or shareware herb programs
            + 6.5.4 Commercial herb programs - updated 18Jan05
       o 6.6 Other online information sources
            + 6.6.1 FTP
            + 6.6.2 WWW
       o 6.7 Pointers to related documents
            + 6.7.1 Plants by Mail FAQ pointer
            + 6.7.2 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome WWW page pointer
            + 6.7.3 Hint for Kombucha posters
            + 6.7.4 Hint for Essiac posters
            + 6.7.5 Thinking of growing herbs for sale?
            + 6.7.6 Saw Palmetto and Prostata problems: Newsgroup/FAQ
              pointer
            + 6.7.7 Natural high FAQ pointer
            + 6.7.8 Natural vision FAQ pointer
            + 6.7.9 Smoking herbs document pointer
            + 6.7.10 Pointer to herbal-medical glossary
            + 6.7.11 Menopausal discomforts

  * 7 Schools etc.
       o 7.1 Some hands-on schools I know of in the US
       o 7.2 Some hands-on schools in Canada
       o 7.3 Some correspondence courses I know of in the US
       o 7.4 Some schools and correspondence courses elsewhere
       o 7.5 About correspondence schools, and licensing of herbalists
       o 7.6 Accreditation of ND schools and ND licensing in the US

  * 8 Related forums
       o 8.1 Mailing lists (= email)
            + 8.1.1 The Medicinal Herblist
            + 8.1.2 The Aromatherapy List
            + 8.1.3 The Kombucha List
            + 8.1.4 The Paracelsus List
            + 8.1.5 The Homeopathy List
            + 8.1.7 The Culinary Herblist
            + 8.1.9 The Wellpet List
            + 8.1.10 The Holisticat List
            + 8.1.12 The Apothecary List
            + 8.1.13 The HolisticBird List
            + 8.1.14 The Toiletries List
            + 8.1.16 The Aboutherbs List
            + 8.1.17 The UK Herbal List
            + 8.1.18 The Herbgardening List
            + 8.1.19 The Forageahead List
            + 8.1.20 The HolisticPet List
       o 8.2 Newsgroups
       o 8.4 Newsgroup (and mailing list) netiquette
       o 8.5 Dealing with spam and trolls

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                              1 Introduction
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The medicinal herb FAQ is found here:
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/faqs/medi-cont.html

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Henriette Kress, AHG                        Helsinki, Finland
Henriette's herbal homepage:  http://www.henriettesherbal.com

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